This morning on Mount Athos, a monk engages in heartfelt prayer. In Varanasi, a Brahmin engrossedly reads the poetic Vedas. Somewhere in the Sahara, a Marabou heals with his herbs. In Tehran, a muezzin calls the faithful to vigil. In…
Today is a wonderful day in May, the sunlight gently caresses the colorful branches of the trees, the wind sways the swings, gravity cradles the streams. Are you in their company? Today we all take a new step in this…
In the many phases of self-work, there comes a moment when one becomes cynical. You look within yourself and find that you are entangled in dense webs of automatic mechanisms, invincible shadows, fears, and needs. But you especially look at…
A monk had an appointment with God. Along the way, he met another mystic who was meditating with utmost seriousness. The monk then, interrupting the other’s practices, made him this proposal: “I am going to the Divinity. Do you want…
This morning I read your questions and I found this one: “Dear H. David, the people who are closest to me dump every weight and frustration on me. There are days when I think they take advantage of my love.…
Never before has Spring knocked on the door like this year. Everyone needs it, the whole of humanity desires it. And when she invades our homes, with her light and her fragrances, she brings with her the call to an…
A long train journey a few days ago gave me the wonderful encounter with Danilo, a strong Spirit whose right leg had been amputated due to a serious accident. “The strange thing,” Danilo tells me, “is that I still feel…
You cannot live long by restraining yourself, keeping your true nature, the Truth you have come to bring, at bay. You can try, but it is an endeavour doomed to failure. Tyranny over oneself or others is simply too exhausting,…
Meeting a man at the station in Milan. Me leaving on a long journey, him half lying on a marble staircase sipping a heineken and watching people go by. “Hey puppies, you want to know something?” He thunders at one…
In a time as merciless as ours, in how many hearts grows the desire for total and eternal Peace. To end everything and simply deserve silence. On our shoulders, however, weighs the duty of a mission to be accomplished on…
